GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| imprecation | curse |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |